USA to face Costa Rica, Mexico at Honduras Friday

By bbagley

Created Mar 21 2013 - 2:56pm

POSTED: Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 2:56pm

UPDATED: Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 2:57pm

The U.S. Men's National Team looks to defend its home turf when it hosts Costa Rica in the second match of the Final Round of 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying on Friday, March 22, at a sold-out Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. The game kicks off at 8 p.m. MT and will be broadcast live on ESPN, WatchESPN and UniMas. Fans can follow the match on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and via Twitter @ussoccer. Mexico will play Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Honduras at 3pm MT.

The U.S. and Costa Rica are part of the six-team Hexagonal along with Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico and Panama. The 10-game, round-robin format is contested from Feb. 6-Oct.10. The top three teams will automatically advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, while the fourth-place team will compete in a two-leg playoff against the champion from the Oceania Confederation.
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